MLS Quick Start Guide
📋 Download the printable version (PDF)
🌱 New to MLS? Explore About the MLS for an overview of its features.
⚙️ School/District Administrator? Download our MLS Preparation Packet (PDF) in order to prepare.
Learn how to register students and proctor the MLS assessment in minutes.
Step 1: Apply For an Account
Visit mls.slalab.org
Click 'Apply for an Account'
💡 Check if your school already has an MLS account by contacting Usersupport@mlscreener.org
3. Input information and register
Fill in the 12-digit BEDS Code, school name, your school email and password to create a new account
💡 One BEDS code, one account.
Each school or district has a unique BEDS code. Your school or district account may have several users with one BEDS code/ password credential for the MLS.
✅Account approvals are usually processed in 24 hours, but can take up to 3 business days. You will receive an activation link via email.
🖥️Once activated, log in at the top right corner of the page to complete the following steps.
❓Having trouble resetting your password?
Visit mls.slalab.org/Account/ForgotAdminPassword
Step 2: Register Student Information
🕖 Approximately 2 min needed
Click 'Register a Student' for new students from the "Student Information" panel.
2. Enter information into the registration form and click "create"
📋 A downloadable Registration Worksheet (PDF) is available to help you gather all the required information efficiently.
3. Registered students will be listed in the "Existing Students" table. You can edit student information here.
Concerned about your students' data privacy?
Check out MLS Student Data Security and Privacy Policy
Step 3: Administer an Assessment
Select assessment type
Choose from Reading Comprehension, Math, or Vocabulary.
💡 Recommend starting with the Reading Comprehension test.
🧮 For the Math test: Provide paper and pencil, but not a calculator.
Check Administering the Assessment (this page will be available soon) to learn more about this process.
2. Fill out the "Assessment Login" form
📋 A downloadable Assessment Worksheet (PDF) is available to help you gather all the required information efficiently.
💡"Start Test" will open the assessment in a new window. For your security, you will be logged out once the assessment begins.
✔️Tech check: an audio/display and practice test is available. Check "Check box to run a sound/display check and view a practice test. " and then "start practice". You will not be logged out.
Having trouble during the test? We're here to help.
If a student receives 'NA' as a placement by not passing the computer literacy section, a proctor may choose to retest the student at a later date if appropriate.
Should the test be interrupted before completing the practice section, the student will start over from the beginning.
If a student has completed part of the test past the practice section, their progress will be saved. Fill out the assessment login form again and the test will resume where the student last left off.
Step 4: Access Student Report
Click "Student Performance Reports" after logging in to access the report table.
Download the Student Performance Report
The "Student Performance Reports" table will list all students who have completed an assessment. You can:
A. Export Student Data to download a .csv file of all students in the table.
B. Download all Reports to download a .zip file containing all report .pdf files (if you have many students this may take a minute).
C. Download a single .pdf of a report by clicking on the assessment in the student row of the table.
🔍Use the search box located at the top right corner of the table to view a particular student
💡 District accounts can access all student reports district-wide. Students are organized in the table by school.
Student Performance Report Table:
Step 5: After the Assessment
Proctors will be contacted via email to update or input this information on the “Existing Students” table:
Student’s Final SIFE Determination
Student school placement, if missing (for district accounts)
Student’s NYSSIS or OSIS number
Student’s Final SIFE Determination:
Student school placement, if missing (for district accounts):
Student’s NYSSIS or OSIS number:
Still Having Trouble?
🎉 You've completed the Quick Start Guide! If you encounter issues not covered here:
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